OT - Speaking of Ground Rods

Brian G. NY · Apr 28, 2012

All this talk about ground rods got me thinkin" about something my older brother made in school back in the late 40s.
I can"t remember if he made it in shop class or FFA class.
Anyway, it was simply two rods with homemade wooden handles, one being connected to the hot wire of common 120 volt house current and the other to the neutral of that same 120 volt source.
As I recall (this was a long, long time ago) the rods were poked in the ground about 20 feet apart and the then plugged into the 120 volt plug.
Within minutes, fishworms were coming right up to the surface to be picked up and stuck in the soup can for fishin".
Can you just imagine something being like that being made as a class project today?
Well......actually, thinking back, I can"t even imagine it being a project back in the late 40s. LOL

David G · Apr 28, 2012

I have heard about them, and have also heard about people that were using them barefoot being electrocuted. Make sure and were good insulated shoes if you try it.

John T · Apr 28, 2012

Yep we did that when I was a kid also and yep they came up wigglin n squirmin. We also had a few stray dogs that got into our metal garbage cans so I set them up on wooden blocks and attached a man killer hot wire to them AND BOY DID THEM DOGS JUMP SCREAM HOWL N RUN. Of course today the PETA nnalert would jail us for that but it sure kept them away from the garbage cans and none of them were injured seriously, Oh well

John T

buickanddeere · Apr 28, 2012

Just the 120V line is required if the electrical service is intact and functional.
In addition to raising fish worms these devices can thin out the shallow end of the gene pool.

wisbaker · Apr 28, 2012

By pass the worms,-drop a quarter stick of your favorite explosive into ye ole fishing hole and the fish raise to the top- than you pick out the ones you want, also known as the "DuPont" fishing lure. Save energy and greenhouse gasses and reduce those pesky KW demand fees.

kyplowboy · Apr 28, 2012

When I was in college a dog kept get'n into my trash. Never could figure out which one was do'n it. I poured a quart of bleach and a quart of clean'n ammonia into a trash bag and tied it real tight with alot of air in it, smeared some bacon greese on the out side, and left it on top of the trash can. That afternoon I came home and found it deflated and never had another problem.

Dave

Anonymous-0 · Apr 28, 2012

we used to do that to get dew worms. Just hooked up wires to coat hangers.

barnE · Apr 29, 2012

Me and Joe Mayer did that in the 60's. Works good unless the ground is too dry. I thought then that one rod would be sufficient(the hot one) Dave in Detroit at the time.

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